Self-Medication among Medical and Nonmedical Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
المؤلفون المشاركون
Yimer, Bilal Tessema
Tesfaye, Zelalem T.
Ergena, Asrat E.
المصدر
العدد
المجلد 2020، العدد 2020 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2020)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2020-06-25
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
5
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Despite having some benefits, self-medication increases risks such as unnecessary use of medication, extended duration of consumption, incorrect diagnosis, drug-drug interactions, and polypharmacy.
Thus, the purpose of this study is to compare self-medication practice between medical and nonmedical students of the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia.
An institutional-based cross-sectional comparative study was conducted on medical and nonmedical students of the University of Gondar from March 25 to May 15, 2018.
A comparative sample of 213 medical and 212 nonmedical students were enrolled in the study.
Data were collected by physically visiting the students in their campuses, using a semistructured questionnaire.
Of the participants with a history of medication use in the past 12 months, 64.5% practiced self-medication.
The prevalence of self-medication was 59.7% among medical students and 69.0% among nonmedical students.
“Knowing the treatment of the disease” was the most frequent reason behind self-medication.
Analgesics/antipyretics were the most common categories of medications used, whereas headache was the predominant ailment for which the medications were used.
Self-medication practice was found to be higher in the fifth year students and nonmedical students (p<0.05).
In conclusion, self-medication is common among students of the University of Gondar.
Nonmedical students were more likely to have practiced self-medication as compared to medical students.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Tesfaye, Zelalem T.& Ergena, Asrat E.& Yimer, Bilal Tessema. 2020. Self-Medication among Medical and Nonmedical Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Scientifica،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1208178
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Tesfaye, Zelalem T.…[et al.]. Self-Medication among Medical and Nonmedical Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Scientifica No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1208178
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Tesfaye, Zelalem T.& Ergena, Asrat E.& Yimer, Bilal Tessema. Self-Medication among Medical and Nonmedical Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Scientifica. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1208178
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-1208178
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